All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 54
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NewsNHS reform deadlines 'unrealistic'
More than half of GPs and commissioning managers do not think they will meet the government’s timetable for developing GP commissioning, survey findings shared with HSJ show.
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News1,400 NHS posts face axe
As many as 1,400 posts at Manchester's biggest hospital trust could be lost over the next four years because of government cuts.
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NewsMS doctor 'should be struck off' - GMC
A doctor who gave multiple sclerosis patients “pointless” injections of a substance containing stem cells should be struck off, a fitness to practise hearing has been told.
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NewsLiverpool Women's appoints director
Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust has appointed consultant surgeon and oncologist Jonathan Herod as its new medical director.
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NewsCall to reform surgical profession
Surgeons belong to a “profession adrift” that is in urgent need of reform, a leading medical journal has claimed.
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NewsBMA warning over access to patients' records
Doctors’ leaders have said tighter controls were needed to limit “inappropriate access” to patients’ electronic records.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to get the leadership skills you need
Top class leadership can’t be left to chance if organisations are to thrive
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CommentPublic health needs a long vigil
Public health must be protected from short term raids on its funding by acute services
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NewsSurgery fails thousands of patients
The NHS is spending tens of millions of pounds each year on operations of questionable benefit to patients’ health, according to groundbreaking figures.
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Quality payment targets centred on patient safety
The majority of local quality payment targets given to hospital trusts are focused on patient safety, analysis by HSJ has found.
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LeaderThe hurricane of protest over NHS pay can be calmed by honest debate
How much, in this age of austerity, should NHS staff or contractors be paid? Using the number of comments on HSJ’s website as a guide, no subject is of greater interest or importance.
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Comment'Time to consider the benefits and flaws of the single minded pursuit of targets'
Medicine, it has been suggested, is as much an art as a science.
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NewsFormer BMA chair acted like 'caricature of surgical arrogance'
Surgeon and former British Medical Association chair James Johnson left a surgical clip inside a patient, shouted at junior staff and behaved like a “caricature of surgical arrogance”, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
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NewsNew chief exec takes over at Hertfordshire PCT
NHS Hertfordshire has announced that its deputy chief executive has been appointed chief executive.
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NewsClinicians dominate NHS top pay list
Just 7 per cent of the highest paid individuals in the NHS are in non-clinical roles, according to an analysis by HSJ of the latest figures on public sector pay.
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NewsWoman wins court bid to have gastric bypass
A mother of three is believed to have become the first person in the country to use a judicial review to force the NHS to give her a gastric bypass so she can lose weight, her solicitor has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Management Masterclass
Here is a light read that makes some powerful points, says Hannah Lowry
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NewsNHS has 6,500 staff paid more than PM
More than 6,500 employees working in the NHS are paid more than the Prime Minister, it has been disclosed.
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NewsScottish life expectancy improving
Life expectancy levels are increasing but Scotland still has some of the lowest rates in Europe, official statistics showed today.
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NewsGovernment warned over rate of job losses
The government has been urged to approach spending cuts like a middle-distance runner rather than a sprinter, making sure that most public sector job cuts take effect after 2013.